Read, Renew, Repeat | Picture Books

The 2024 statewide Summer Reading theme is Read, Renew, Repeat: sustainability and the environment. These board books, picture books, and easy readers for young children share a wide variety of takes on this theme--from recycling to the beauty of the natural world!

Books for older readers are available in our Read, Renew, Repeat | Chapter Books list.

Updated May 14, 2024
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Maisy's recycling truck
Cousins, Lucy
Paper Book
Get your empty bottles and cans ready--Maisy's here to recycle them! A shaped-board-book adventure to please every truck-loving fan. It's trash day today, and here come Maisy and Tallulah in a big, noisy recycling truck. Quick, Charley, they're only one house away! Whoosh--<...

Board Book (Age 0-3)

The EARTH book
Parr, Todd.
Paper Book
"I take care of the earth because I know I can do little things every day to make a BIG difference..." With his signature blend of playfulness and sensitiviy, Todd Parr explores the important, timely subject of environmental protection and conservation in this eco-friendly picture...

Picture Book (Age 3-5)

One earth
Spinelli, Eileen
Paper Book
Celebrate our planet and discover easy ways to take care of it with this picture book that's perfect for budding environmentalists and nature lovers. Kids can count reasons to love the planet and ways to protect it in the pages of this conservation-themed book....

Picture Book (Age 4-8)

The City Sings Green & Other Poems About Welcoming Wildlife
Silverman, Erica/ Hsu, Ginnie (ILT)
Paper Book
A unique and artful blend of poetry, science, and activism, this picture book shows how city dwellers can intervene so that nature can work her magic. Perfect for fans of The Curious Garden and Harlem Grown.  In Oslo, Norway: citizens create a honeybee highway that...

Children's Nonfiction (Age 4-8)


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